The secrets of the Alexandria lighthouse

Collection title

Mediterraneo

ID

INA00497

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

09/12/1998

Production year

1998

Abstract

The exhibition of the Colossus of Ptolemy at the Petit Palais in Paris is the opportunity to return to the subaquatic archaeological discoveries of Jean Yves Empereur's team in Alexandria. On the site of Fort Qaytbay probably stood the legendary lighthouse of the ancient city, destroyed by an earthquake. In 1995, some obelisks and several colossal statues dating from the Ptolemy were immersed. They are presented by Mohamed Mustapha, exhibited near the Roman theater; then, in his office at the Alexandrian Studies Center, Jean Yves Empereur explicits an ’Egyptianized' Hellenistic architecture.

Type

video

Production companies

• RAI - Coproduction
• France 3 Marseille - Coproduction

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Personalities

• Empereur Jean Yves
• Mohamed Mustafa

Primary theme

Archaeological sites

Secondary themes

• Historical heritages / Antiquity

Credits / Cast

• Sanguinetti Sampiero - Journalist
• Micallef Martin - Producer
• Licata Giancarlo - Producer

Period of events

• From -500 to 0

Map locations

• France - Centre and Ile-de-France - Paris
• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Alexandria

Original language

French

Media running time

7m26

Additional information